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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in blended learning have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Niger to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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